Of the 129 new cases recorded countrywide on Monday, Harare had 70 — Kuwadzana (35) and Glen View (35), underlining the depth of the crisis.
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Harare must shed its bad boy tag to become a member of a community of nations.
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Nov. 28, 2023
Globally, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and UN Women have reported that over five women or girls are killed every hour by a family member.
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Nov. 27, 2023
As Harare City Council’s health services director Prosper Chonzi said on Thursday, “we need to help each other and stop the blame game”.
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Nov. 25, 2023
FewsNet said the areas of concern would be Masvingo, Manicaland and middle-veld smallholder communal livelihood zones.
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Nov. 24, 2023
A peaceful environment lures investors. The security sector is responsible for ensuring that peace reigns.
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Nov. 23, 2023
Road traffic accidents claimed 8 897 lives between 2019 and 2022, according to statistics from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency.
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Nov. 22, 2023
As pressure mounted, Mnangagwa was on Friday served with a notice to be sued over the appointment.
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Nov. 20, 2023
In fact, many of those still surviving sincerely feel that they were double-crossed. Even those long gone must be turning viciously in their graves over the issue.
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Nov. 18, 2023
Minerals are finite and we cannot allow the destruction of such key infrastructure as schools just to satisfy our immediate needs.
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Nov. 17, 2023
As we speak a lot of valuable infrastructure is still out there which TelOne can easily convert into cash.
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Nov. 16, 2023
Mnangagwa’s government has often accused the opposition of staging abductions to court global attention to push for regime change in Zimbabwe.
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Nov. 15, 2023
Zimbabwe has, indeed entered uncharted territory which is, unfortunately, thrusting the economically-troubled nation deeper into the woods of international exile.
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Nov. 14, 2023
In all fairness, people in government are taking citizens for granted because we cannot have a situation whereby nearly 100 vehicles
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Nov. 13, 2023
Beyond the economic implications, the power cuts have taken a toll on the lives of ordinary Zimbabweans.
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Nov. 11, 2023
It is our considered view that Zinwa needs to be more aggressive as opposed to sweet-talking debtors who are threatening its and our very own survival.
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Nov. 10, 2023
When we talk of ground-breaking initiatives, this is exactly what we mean.
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Nov. 9, 2023
Now the country is being made to waste precious resources re-running elections when hospitals lack the simplest of drugs
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Nov. 8, 2023
And when all ministries, as the trend is showing, are in dire straits, there is no way Ncube is going to tell us that his budget will do wonders if he fails to satisfy their demands.
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Nov. 7, 2023
Critics say the turbulence was inevitable in a party without structures and a constitution and where power is concentrated in one man.
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Nov. 6, 2023
The reluctance to domesticate the International Convention Against Enforced Disappearances means abductions and enforced disappearance are here to stay.
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Nov. 4, 2023
Parents have a unique relationship with their children and can provide the guidance and support necessary to help them avoid the pitfalls of drug abuse.
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Nov. 3, 2023
Sugar-coating electoral flaws is akin to applying lipstick to a bullfrog: The amphibious creature will remain thus and it will, in fact, expose it for what it is.
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Nov. 2, 2023
How can we trust this organisation to do anything about the endemic corruption in this country when it cannot be trusted? Little wonder corruption has flourished in Zimbabwe.
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Nov. 1, 2023
If truth be told many in the party owe huge amounts in unpaid water, electricity, farming inputs and council rates.
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Oct. 31, 2023
The gods must surely be crazy that this nation keeps on going in circles like a mad dog chasing its very own short tail.
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Oct. 30, 2023
This is perfect opportunity for President Mnangagwa to crack the whip, signalling his seriousness in the fight against graft.
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Oct. 28, 2023
We are afraid to say, lip service is getting us nowhere. Government needs to immediately act and bring back sanity to our retail sector.
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Oct. 27, 2023
The sanctions have created local heroes in which being placed under an embargo becomes a badge of honour.
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Oct. 26, 2023
Donors are also supporting urban families with money to make ends meet as the economy needs to be galvanised to support the poverty-stricken nationals.
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Oct. 25, 2023
It is tragic that both diseases, from the reasons given, can easily be controlled and banished from our communities, but somehow they perennially keep on pestering us.
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Oct. 24, 2023
Closer home, Zimbabwe’s health delivery system has, indeed, limped from crisis to crisis, worsened by a brain drain as the country continues to lose key health personnel.
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Oct. 23, 2023
There is no doubt that corporal punishment can be harmful to children, especially when excessive force is applied.
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Oct. 21, 2023
While natural disasters in the past years were fewer and predictable, nowadays it is no longer the case as unfolding events have become complex, volatile, unpredictable, vicious and destructive.
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Oct. 20, 2023
It said the national unemployment (expanded) rate now stands at 47,8% from 46%, with “unemployment ... more pronounced in females (23,7%) compared to males (19%”.
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Oct. 19, 2023
Gwanda municipality has threatened to cut off water supplies to all those who are defaulting on paying their water bills.
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Oct. 18, 2023
Zimsec informed us that it was investigating the matter, but some stakeholders have since made some valid and interesting points about this issue.
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Oct. 17, 2023
As we have pointed out before, Mnangagwa and Chamisa (together with their parties) will lose absolutely nothing, except their egos, by engaging each other.
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Oct. 16, 2023
Child labour and child sex trafficking are grave violations of children's rights that demand immediate attention and action.
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Oct. 14, 2023
Whatever the chaos that will ensue, the National Assembly and local authorities should take the flak for entertaining Tshabangu, widely seen as a tortoise on a lamppost.
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Oct. 13, 2023
Tshabangu can have his fun in the sun but the fingerprints behind the chaos can be tracked to the doorstep of a political party that “sponsors” such people.
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Oct. 12, 2023
In our opinion, government’s decision to keep our Grade 7s in school and ban them from visiting tourist resorts is an attack on their rights.
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Oct. 11, 2023
Granted, animals migrate across borders seasonally, but the multitudes that are now leaving the country and venturing into Botswana and our communities should be a cause for concern.
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Oct. 10, 2023
Amid all these happenings, it is, however, disturbing to learn that there are some elements who are taking the August 23 and 24 poll disputes to a new low.
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Oct. 9, 2023
The Sexual Harassment Act is required as soon as yesterday to create favourable workplace environments. It cannot be business as usual for sex predators to flourish.
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Oct. 7, 2023
A strong curriculum vitae should be a reference point and not one’s political inclination. If the latter is holding sway, then cry beloved Zimbabwe.
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Oct. 6, 2023
The Primary and Secondary Education ministry has since made its position clear on the teachers’ latest demands, a position which, unfortunately, does not make things any better.
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Oct. 5, 2023
Harare is entirely located on a dambo, a network of complex shallow wetlands, which unfortunately have been so violated that Lake Chivero is now one massive sewer pond.
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Oct. 4, 2023
The statutory instrument also brought 20 State-owned entities under one roof.
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Oct. 2, 2023
The one-week clean-up campaign by Bulawayo is a noble initiative that can be replicated throughout the country as uncollected garbage has removed the glow from most cities and towns.
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Sep. 30, 2023